PRYNNE, William (c.1601-69), of Swainswick, Som. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1601, 1st s. of Thomas Prynne of Swainswick, and 2nd w. Mary, da. of William Shertson† of Bath.R. Peach, Annals of the Par. of Swainswick (1890), 32. educ. Bath g.s. 1614-18; Oriel, Oxf. 24 Apr. 1618 ‘aged 16’, BA 1621;Al. Ox. L. Inn 16 June 1621.LI Admiss. i. 188. suc. fa. 10 July 1620.Peach, Swainswick, 58-9, 73. unm. d. 24 Oct. 1669.Smyth’s Obit. 84.

Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 24 June 1628; bencher, Nov. 1648; auditor, 1654; treas. 1657 – 58; reader, 1662.LI Black Bks. ii. 277, 379, 404, 415; Hargrave 98, ff. 31–55v.

Religious: churchwarden, Swainswick, 1632.Som. RO, D/P/swk 4/2/2. Trier of elders, Serjeants’ Inn 14 Oct. 1645.A. and O.; Add. 18778, f. 138. Elder, Bath classis, 1648.The Co. of Som. Divided into Several Classes ([4 Mar.] 1647/8, P3934).

Central: member, cttee. of accts. 22 Feb. 1644. Contractor, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Nov. 1646.A. and O. Visitor, Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O.; CJ vi. 215b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648;A. and O.; LPL, Add. Commonwealth Recs. MS 1, ff. 1, 28. for disbandment, Sept. 1660–1.CJ viii. 154b. Elder bro. Trinity House, Nov. 1660–d.HMC 8th Rep. I, 254. Commr. for maimed soldiers, Dec. 1660–1.CJ viii. 213a-b. Clerk or kpr. of records in Tower of London, and custodian of Tower Chamberhouse, 25 Mar. 1661,C66/2962/35; C216/4/149; SO3/14, unfol. 6 May 1665.Herts. RO, Verulam VIII.B.159; C216/4/149. Chairman, cttee. of ways and means, 10- 11 June 1661, 3–13 July 1663.CJ viii. 268a-b, 517a, 523a. Commr. for appeals and regulating duty of excise, 8 Apr. 1661;C66/2962/13; CTB i. 75. for Chatham Chest, 20 Oct. 1662–d.C181/7, p. 172; Pepys’s Diary, iii. 257.

Local: commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sewers, 15 Nov. 1645, 7 Jan. 1646, 11 Aug. 1660. by Mar. 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650C181/5, ff. 263, 268; C181/7, f. 24. J.p., 20 July 1660–d.QS Recs. Som. Charles II, p. xvi; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 244, 252. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, Som., Bath 1663.SR.

Civic: recorder, Bath 13 Dec. 1647–27 Sept. 1652,Bath and NE Som. RO, Bath council bk. 1631–49, p. 296; 1649–84, p. 67. 27 Aug. 1661–1662, Mar. 1669–d.Bath and NE Som. RO, Bath council bk. 1649–84, pp. 265, 491–2.

Parlimentarian

PRYNNE, William (c.1602-69), of Swainswick, nr. Bath, Som. and Lincoln’s Inn.

: Som. and Mdx., Lincoln’s Inn.

Likenesses

Likenesses: etching, W. Hollar;BM; NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1640;BM; NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1643.J. Ward, The Christians Incouragement Earnestly to Contend (1643), titlepage.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PRYNNE, William (c.1601-69), of Swainswick, Som. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Will

11 Aug. 1669, pr. 25 Nov. 1669.PROB11/331/455.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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